Toxicity of acid mine pit lake water remediated with limestone and phosphorus

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2046-2057

  Neil, Luke L ^a   McCullough, Cherie D ^b   Lund, Mark A ^b   Evans, Louis H ^a   Tsvetnenko, Yuri ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; AMD; Ceriodaphnia cf. dubia; Chlorella protothecoides; Mesocosm; Pit lake; Remediation; Tetrahymena thermophila; Toxicity test

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LAKE WATER; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOASSAY; LAKE WATER; LIMESTONE; MESOCOSM; PHOSPHORUS; REMEDIATION; TOXICITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CERIODAPHNIA; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 70350043338     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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